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Pence made the remarks ahead of a meeting on Saturday with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and other Australian officials in Sydney. After taking office Mr Trump was infuriated to learn that the previous Obama administration had agreed to a refugee resettlement deal with Australia where America would take up to 1,250 refugees that Australia houses in detention camps on the Pacific island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea. (more...)

Treasury hasn't branded any nation a currency manipulator - a highly charged assertion - since the Clinton administration labeled China as such in 1994. "China will need to demonstrate that its lack of intervention to resist appreciation over the last three years represents a durable policy shift by letting the RMB [renminbi] rise with market forces once appreciation pressures resume", the report said. (more...)

Two of the Arkansas death row inmates the state had planned to execute this week, Don Davis and Bruce Ward, had their cases put on hold by the Arkansas Supreme Court pending the USA high court's decision in the McWilliams case, due by the end of June. (more...)

With polls indicating the four frontline candidates - Fillon, Le Pen, Macron and Melenchon - are virtually level pegged, a quarter of voters are still undecided, and pollsters suggesting no candidate is assured a place in the May 7 second round runoff, presidential hopefuls had been seeking to maximize their rallying right down to the wire. (more...)

U.S. military sources said there has been an "extraordinary" number of Chinese military aircraft being prepared for conflict. He said he was confident Chinese President Xi Jinping would "try very hard" to pressure North Korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. (more...)

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation received the tip around 11 p.m. Wednesday and the caller pointed authorities to a cabin in Cecilville, a rural area near the OR border with little to no cell service, TBI Public Information Officer Joshua Devine said . (more...)

Journalists also tried to pin down John McDonnell, Labour's shadow chancellor, about whether the party would support a second referendum - and didn't get a clear answer. "It's also a cultural schism. He's an activist, he's not really a public leader", Dr McAngus said. The mass Labour defections to Ukip in 2015 that delivered Cameron's majority may reverse as Ukip looks like a party without a objective now. (more...)

From the wind-swept deck of a massive aircraft carrier, Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned North Korea not to test the resolve of the us military, promising it would make an "overwhelming and effective" response to any use of conventional or nuclear weapons. (more...)

Griffen Berry is the caretaker at the property where the two were staying, and the man who called law enforcement, ending a month-long nationwide man hunt for the former teacher and student, who was calling herself Joanna. The girl was apparently healthy and unharmed, but authorities said their main concern was her emotional and mental state. Many on social media were thrilled to hear the teenager was found and safe. (more...)

Pyongyang periodically warns Washington of the dire consequences of taking on North Korea militarily. Local media in Russia's Far East say residents have witnessed large military convoys traveling by train and road toward the North Korean border since the weekend. (more...)

Coulter had lashed out at the decision, saying it was an attack on free speech , and had vowed to defy the university and speak at the campus anyway on the scheduled date. She added: "I called their bluff, and they didn't have another reason to cancel me". Free speech is not restricted to the left or right, and a public university such as UC Berkeley should be especially sensitive to this fundamental truth. (more...)

While in China, Ms. Di Pippo observed from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on 20 April the launch of "Tianzhou-1", China's first cargo spacecraft, to "Tiangong-2", China's space laboratory. Reports say that it is now spiraling back to Earth and is expected to burn during re-entry on Earth's atmosphere. China was excluded from the 420-ton International Space Station mainly due to USA legislation barring such cooperation and concerns over the Chinese space programs strong military connections. (more...)

Festivities also included four moon bounces, face painting, field games, arts and crafts, and four Easter rabbits for children to take pictures with. The event costs $10 per child. Mabe notices an immediate difference in Myles whenever he is able to participate in similar inclusive events. "We have a pair of St. Louis Cardinals tickets we're giving out, we're going to get a package to the Family Fun Center in Farmington and we'll have some other prizes". (more...)

Israel Prisons Service spokesman Assaf Librati said that hunger strikers would be disciplined and later added that Barghouti had been transferred from Hadarim prison to Jalami prison, near Haifa, 48 kilometers to the north. " Israel is taking it seriously simply because of the possible consequences", said Ghassan Khatib, a professor at Birzeit University and a former Palestinian official. (more...)

Pence earlier went to South Korea and Japan to reaffirm U.S. treaty commitments to the security of the two countries as tensions rise over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. Connelly says every senior United States official who visits Indonesia raises the issue of U.S. mining giant Freeport, which operates the world's largest gold mine in Papua and is now embroiled in a contract row with the Indonesian government. (more...)

Trump ordered the missile strikes on Shayrat after rescue workers said at least 100 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded in the chemical strikes at Sheikhoun. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called the U.S. strike "aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of worldwide law". (more...)

AMERICA'S allies in Asia were silent yesterday over confusion about a United States aircraft carrier group supposed to be heading toward North Korea in a show of force, but actually completing training exercises in Australia. In an interview with Fox News that aired on April 12 , US President Donald Trump said he sent a "very powerful armada", responding to the question why the US sent Carl Vinson and its warships toward the Korean Peninsula. (more...)

The attack prompted far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen to call Friday for a reinstatement of border checks and the expulsion of foreigners who are on the watch lists of intelligence agencies. He had been arrested in February on suspicion of plotting to kill police officers but released for lack of evidence. In 2003, the man was convicted of attempted homicide in the shootings of two police officers, the Associated Press reported . (more...)

The United States and Russian Federation clashed on Wednesday at the United Nations over a US-drafted Security Council statement to condemn North Korea's latest failed ballistic missile test, to which diplomats said China had agreed. (more...)

Sander's appearance comes as Democratic parties nationwide are trying to appeal to the working class in states including ME, where a resurgent Republican Party in the last decade has gained ground in rural communities roiled by the closing of paper mills and sluggish economic growth. (more...)